Conceit Quote by Michael Drayton Download Open image “Thus when we fondly flatter our desires, Our best conceits do prove the greatest liars.” — Michael Drayton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conceit Desire Liars Prove
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The most dire of all of life's grueling deceptions wedge themselves in in our minds between truth and perceptions. — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
The aversion to lying is often a hidden ambition to render our words credible and weighty, and to attach a religious aspect to our… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is your virtue, being men, to try; And it is ours, by virtue to deny. — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
O blessed bounty, giving ail content! The only fautress of all noble arts That lend'st success to every good intent. A grace that rests… — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's Saint Valentine's. For that good bishop's sake… — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
The falcon and the dove sit there together, and the one of them doth prune the other's feather. — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
“Since there's no help, come, let us kiss and part, Nay, I have done, you get no more of me, And I am glad,… — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
The Falcon and the Dove sit there together, And th 'one of them doth prune the others feather. — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive; His tail takes… — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
WhenTime shall turn those amber locks to grey, My verse again shall gild and make them gay. — Michael Drayton Copy Share Image
“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Copy Share Image
Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it. — James Dobson Copy Share Image
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Being carefree, you can fit in anywhere. If you’re not carefree you keep on bumping up against things. Your life becomes so narrow, so… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
This man, who for twenty-five years has been reading and writing about art, and in all that time has never understood anything about art,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one. — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people. — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Copy Share Image